Trials and town notes from Thursday Brevities
Coverage from the Daily Journal includes A J Smith versus Frazier trial today at 10 am, custody of Asylum furniture arrangements, Wah Hing alias Ah Quoo arraigned for opium den, Crockett and Halleck inspecting Asylum, Towle versus Thompson verdict and damages, Reno Orchestra donation, Riverside Club socials, Brookins music bargains, First National Bank annual meeting and dividend, arrests in murder case discharged, ore vein discovery with $200 and $600 assays, and public instruction school money apportionment for 182 based on census child count.
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A.J. Smith
R.A. Frazier
Dawson
Wah Hing
Aliays
Ah Quoo
Crockett
Halleck
Carson
Sam's Brown
B. W. Warren
District Court
John F. Alexander
the Gazette
John
Towle
Thompson
E. A. Allen
Reno
Allen
Riverside Club
First National Bank
Bradley
Virginia
D. R. Sessions
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Worth While Seeing at the Depot Hotel Fountain
The Depot Hotel Fountain morning display formed ice mounds at the base creating curious shapes as water from a dripping umbrella froze, giving the illusion of statues stepping from an ice cave. Murry Dunham photographed the scene and plans free boudoir cards printed with Reno business ads on the back to cover costs.
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Depot Hotel
Murry Dunham
Reno
The Chartz Case Pardoning Debate at Council
The Tribune reports General R M Clarke urged clemency for Alfred Chartz with strong reasons for pardon. The Board denied the application this morning by the same vote as before. The editor notes disappointment but respects the Board’s motives and says many editors would be glad to see Chartz freed.
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the Tribune
R. M. Clarke
Alfred Chartz
Board of Pardons
Chartz
Nevada
Reward Offered for Murderers in Douglas County
Acting Governor Adams announced a $250 reward for the arrest of Edward Doud’s killers at Double Springs Douglas county on November 15 last. It is the third such reward this year following $500 for Jeff Morse who killed Henry Isabel at Deeth Station Elko county September 2 1881 and $1,000 for the murderers of Mr and Mrs Pollock in Six mile Canyon Storey county. The legislature previously appropriated $4,000 for rewards of escaped criminals.
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Adams
Edward Doud
Double Springs
Douglas County
Jeff Morse
Henry Isabel
Deeth Station
Elko County
Pollock
Storey County
Smallpox Cases Reported Near Tunnel 18 Quarantine Update
Two smallpox cases in quarantined cars above Verdi. Infected individuals to stay ten days to prevent spread. Conductor and crew returned from Truckee and held at tunnel 15. Reported cases are mild in form. HAPHRIYE
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Verdi
Truckee
Tunnel 15
Board of Pardons action on additional cases
The Board of Pardons acted on several cases including John Donovan pardoned Thomas Ryan denied John H Blevens continued John L Crawford denied 8 D Wilcox denied Ah Chow denied George DeLong denied Alf Chartz denied Frank Malloy denied Thus Beasley continued Restored to citizenship J R Daring John Hamilton Henry Noyes
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Board of Pardons
John Donovan
Thos. Ryan
John H. Blevens
John L. Crawford
D. Wilcox
Ah Chow
George DeLong
Alf. Chartz
Frank Malloy
Beasley
J. R. Daring
John Hamilton
Henry Noyes
Typhoid pneumonia hits Friday Brevities
From Friday's Daily Journal Tom Holt is reported last evening lying very low with typhoid pneumonia J P Foulks Mayor of Verdi offers to let the town have a refrigerator Dr Wiggins the Canadian astronomer may win the Warner prize of 200 in gold for best essay on comets. Golden Days monthly for boys and girls praised as pure reading published by James Elverton Philadelphia.
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Tom Holt
J. P .Foulks
Verdi
Dr. Wiggins
Warner
Proche Record Publishing Company
D. H. Foulks
QR. S. Crowley
Ei. Meyer
Commercial Row
Meyer
Construction capacity figures from practical measurements
A series of old measurements shows how volume and area relate to box sizes and materials. It lists box dimensions for peck, half-bushel, bushel, and barrel capacities, plus volume relations for wall, lath coverage, plaster mixes, shingles, and nails. It reflects mid nineteenth century building yard rules and unit conventions.
Court Notes: Dismissals and demurrers in several cases
The case of A. J. Smith versus RB A. Frazier was continued for the term. In State v D. McMahon the defendant demurred and demurrer argued and submitted. State v A. K. King demurrer argued and submitted. Jane Lake versus M C Lake an order re taxing costs was received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Smith
RB. A. Frazier
State
D. McMahon
Demurrer
A. K. King
Jane Lake
M. C. Lake
Officials praise Insane Asylum building as model project
The State Treasurer and Controller inspected the Insane Asylum and praised the public building as a lasting credit for the Pacific Coast while noting no corrupt contracts. A Tribune reporter will inspect the site. The article also questions coin perforations and explains their use in making wire ornaments. Four emigrant train cases of smallpox near Verdi prompt Reno vigilance amid railroad passenger exposure concerns.
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Tribune
Pacific Coast
Joss
Nevada
Suit Entered by Bondholder Against Lincoln County
Frank Miller holder of Lincoln county bonded coupons has entered suit against the county for 18000 dollars. Although entered no action has yet commenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Lincoln County
Payroll Totaled 35000 For December At V T Railroad
The employees of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company were paid off this week for last month's work. The December payroll aggregates about $35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company
Quicksilver Relocation Claims Noted in Washoe County
The Gold Hill News reports quicksilver claims two miles west of Steamboat Springs in Washoe County were relocated by John Henderson I M Haffaker E Chataine J B Dazett F J McCarthy and BR Henderson of Virginia. Relocation posted January 2. two years of no work noted. Claims cover nearly 100 acres and hold potential value despite past disputes and halted operations. Pierre Humbert linked to original owners Nevada Quicksilver Mining Company. California firm New Almaden Quicksilver offered 75000 with 200000 asking price, sale failed. New owners assert relocation secures valuable property and open title under relocation.
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Gold Hill News
Quicksilver
Washoe County
Steamboat Springs
John Henderson
I. M. Haffaker
E. Chataine
J. B. Dazett
F. J. McCarthy
BR. W. Henderson
Virginia
Pierre Humbert
Nevada Quicksilver Mining Company
Almaden Quicksilver Company of
California
The Rabbit Business
A Washoe Indian sold a large lot of jackass rabbits in town on Thursday at fifty cents each. Some customers complained he shot the animals too much, leaving carcasses with only spines connecting legs. He explained he shoots plenty to ensure you can catch them, and as long as ears and legs remain, the meat is not wasted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dim
Jim
Burglary at Trinity Church Nevada City Cal
Trinity Church of Nevada City California was burglarized and its communion service broken and destroyed. The outrage occurred last Sunday or Monday night. A large iron buoy has been towed to the lower bay of New York to support an electric light with apparatus to convert wave motion into electricity. A claim is made that twenty thousand miles of railroad will be built in the country this year.
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Trinity Church
Nevada City
Cal
New York
Co. Treasury
J. M. Flanagan
Flanagan
Grand Jury Reports Arson Embezzlement and Opium Violations
Washoe County Grand Jury's January term records one true bill for arson one for embezzlement and three for keeping opium smoking houses plus a report on county finances. They praise clerk and auditor books note salary act benefits and cost savings while criticizing certain travel claims deputy oath records and jail conditions.
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D. King
Judicial District
Nevada
Washoek County
Reno
Court House
Reno Bridge
Wadsworth Bridge
Reno School House
Reno Savings Bank
Dist
Washoe County
Atlantic Seaboard
Pub. Adm
County Officials Call for Budget Cuts and Court House Repair
The report urges reducing a 4 5533 indigent sick fund and recommends rebuilding the Court House fence. It notes failures to indict for selling liquor to Indians and proposes confining drunken Indians on a low diet until sources are traced, seeking convictions via their testimony under a 1877 statute. Foreman H. L. Fisu signs off.
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Court House
H. L. Fisu
Neveda Farmers Protective Association Elects Officers
Last Tuesday January 10 the Ne vada Farmers Protective Association met at hall No 111 South O street and elected BR Noce president C Cardelli secretary M Depauli treasurer F Bacigalupo and G Semenza trustees The group includes farmers and ranchmen from Storey Lyon Washoe and Ormsby counties A banquet followed with speeches songs and toasts urging nonmembers in the area to contact President R Noce at No 111 South C Street.
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Nevada Farmers’ Protective Association
South O Street
BR. Noce
C. Cardelli
M. Depauli
F. Bacigalupo
G. Semenza
Storey
Lyon
Washoe
Ormsby
R. Noce
South C Street
Enterprise 13Th
Pennsylvania Convention May tenth in session
The brief telegrams note the Pennsylvania Republican State Convention will meet May 10. The House Elections Committee is expected to back sending Utah’s case back to the territory for another election. Other items touch Chinese immigration bills, wheat speculation via the Chicago system, and land-forfeit proposals affecting Oregon railroads with protections for settlers. The Jeannette disaster saga updates from St. Petersburg describe Danenhower and five crew in Seahaask, Mellville with six more expected, De Long’s fate uncertain.
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Pennsylvania
House
Utah
Senate
San Francisco Produce Exchange
Chicago
Commission
George
Oregon
Northern Pacific
California
Oregon Central
Astoria
Frelinghuysen
St. Petersburg
Jeannette
Danenhower
Seahaask
Mellville
de Long
Banlange
Horruan
Nuts to Crack sugar monopoly questions to Gov Low
The Chronicle poses five questions about the sugar trade and alleged monopoly influence. It asks if sugar duty gaps compare with Hawaii rates, if a rail contract raised westbound freight, if merchants fear importing from the East, if the monopoly blocks delays, and if sugar ships to Denver and other East points at lower East prices. It notes Low’s possible wealth from a law or treaty and mentions a telephonic link between San Diego and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Low
Washington
The
Chronicle
Hawaiian Islands
Central and Southern Pacific
Denver
Kansas City
Rocky Mountains
East
Pacific Coast
Coldest Sacramento day in two decades noted
The item reports Sacramento's Wednesday as the coldest in twenty years. It also mentions a Vatican census dispute, a Rome banquet, drought impacts in California, and financial figures from the New York sub-treasury. A Washington spec ial notes Rep Burrows plans a polygamy bill to bar delegates from territories.
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Sacramento
Reciprocity Treaty Reflections on Sugar and Railroads
A Chronicle dispatch argues that even with refinery fires and sinkings sugar would stay cheap to California, illustrating coast benefits from reciprocity. It questions whether if railroads could not pool issues with San Francisco refineries the treaty would harm. It asks if railroad freights kept low after reductions would worsen the treaty.
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the Chronicle
New York
Havemeyer & Elder
Brooklyn
Sandwich Islands
Kingdom of Hawaii
California
S. S. Chronicle
San Francisco
The Maine Mines Progress in The Maine Mining Journal
The Maine mines show five ore bodies and strong equipment for future work. The journal notes hard work and progress over the past year, acknowledges past errors, and urges lessons learned to sustain cautious optimism for the industry's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maine Mining Journal
W. Frank Stewart
Maine
The Capitol Dome The Largest Iron Dome in America
The dome of the Capitol in Washington stands 108 feet above the Washington Monument and 68 feet above Bunker Hill. It weighs about 8,000,000 pounds or 4,000 tons with a bronze statue of America weighing 14,985 pounds overhead. Pressure per square foot is 12,447, compared with St Peter’s and St Genevieve, and the cost is about $1,000,000.
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Capitol
Washington
America
Washington Monument
Baltimore
Bunker Hill Monument
Trinsity Tower
New York
St. Peter’s
St. Genevieve
Paris
Henry F Miller piano preferred by artists for sales
Do not be persuaded to buy a Cheap John piano. Choose the Henry F Miller piano for its popularity among artists, reportedly used more than all other makes combined.
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John
Henry F. Miller
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the Insane Asylum
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